Gordon Shedden
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2007 BTCC driver | |
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Nickname | Flash |
Car # | 52 |
Team | Team Halfords |
Car | Honda Civic TypeR |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 4 |
Podium finishes | 10 |
Poles | 2 |
Fastest laps | 9 |
Debut season | 2001 |
Best championship result | 4th (2006) |
2006 position | 4th (204 points) |
Gordon Shedden of Scotland is an auto racing competitor, who for 2007 is racing for in their BTCC Honda Civic, after a successful first full season with the team in 2006. He is alongside 2005 and 2006 series champion Matt Neal, noting that "it’s brilliant to have a teammate that I can learn so much from". He took his first win in the series in race 7 at Oulton Park, and added another in round 10 at Thruxton, where he also took his first pole position. He finished 4th overall in 2006, finishing the season as rookie of the year.
![Shedden driving the Team Halfords-run Honda Civic at the Snetterton round of the 2007 British Touring Car Championship season.](https://web.archive.org/web/20070926042048im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Gordon_Shedden_Honda_2007.jpg/180px-Gordon_Shedden_Honda_2007.jpg)
Previously he raced in the SEAT Cupra Challenge, finishing as runner-up in 2003 and 4th in 2004. He also did a one-off in the Production Class of the BTCC at Knockhill in 2001, and at the same circuit in the Porsche Carrera Cup in 2005. He was entered in the 2002 BTCC by GR Motorsport in an Alfa Romeo, but this never reached the track. He has worked as Business Development Manager for the circuit, alongside his wife Gillian. He has raced at Macau several times.
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Teams | VXRacing • Team Dynamics • SEAT Sport UK • Team RAC • • Arkas • Jacksons • Encke • • Daniels • • • • BTC Racing • • AFM Racing • |
Circuits | Brands Hatch • Rockingham • Thruxton • Croft • Oulton Park • Donington Park • Snetterton • Knockhill |